Artist and creator Alivia Blade reflects on these ancestral images and long-held traditions of Black American culture. Her installation, Sanctuaria, on view at Snide Hotel Gallery, conjures a dedicated world for dreaming and rest, imagination and rejuvenation.

What is Quesenberry’s art about? Why ask the question. The light boxes, the pulsing circles, and the vivid Polaroid forms offer moments of radiance and resonance. Quesenberry’s luminous constructions are meant to be felt, to be experienced. They may cause a visual shift, or offer a glimpse of memory.

A conversation hosted between Kentucky curators Sirene Martin and Anna Blake surrounding their separate experiences at the opening of Prospect New Orleans’ 6th Triennial, The Future is Present, The Harbinger is Home, curated by Miranda Lash and Ebony G. Patterson.